Vacation trip in the new Chevrolet scrapbook

Access and use

Location of collection:
George Mason University
2400 Fenwick Library
Special Collections Research Center
Fenwick Library MS2FL
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA 22030
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Mieko Palazzo
Phone: (703) 993-2220
Fax: (703) 993-2669
Restrictions:

There are no access restrictions.

Terms of access:

There are no restrictions on personal use. Permission to publish material from the Vacation trip in the new Chevrolet scrapbook must be obtained from Special Collections and Archives, George Mason University Libraries.

Preferred citation:

Vacation trip in the new Chevrolet scrapbook, C0253, Special Collections and Archives, George Mason University Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
0.25 linear feet (1 scrapbook)
Creator:
George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections & Archives.
Abstract:
Scrapbook that documents a family's roadtrip from Arlington, VA through New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland in 1958, as well as Washington, DC post-roadtrip.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Vacation trip in the new Chevrolet scrapbook, C0253, Special Collections and Archives, George Mason University Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

This scrapbook documents an unidentified family's road trip from Arlington, Virginia, through states in New England and the Mid-Atlantic. The states visited included New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland. The album largely consists of black and white photographic prints, but there are also tourist brochures from historic sites as well as a hand-drawn map on the front of the scrapbook. Some photos from after the road trip are also included. Perhaps the most notable section of the scrapbook contains photographs taken in early November (after the road trip) of Jimmy Stewart at the southwest waterfront in Washington, D.C., where he was filming "The FBI Story."

Biographical / historical:

Car travel became increasingly popular in the United States in the 1950s; with the advent of the interstate highway system in 1956, interstate car travel started to become even more efficient. Car manufacturers encouraged sightseeing and road trips as well. Chevrolets (the brand of car that the family who created this scrapbook drove) had a prominent place in American culture of the time. As her biography.com entry notes, popular singer Dinah Shore encouraged people to "See the USA in your Chevrolet" on the "Dinah Shore Chevy Show" from 1956 to the early 1960s.

Acquisition information:
Purchased by George Mason University Libraries before 2008.
Processing information:

Processing completed by Elizabeth Beckman in April 2015. EAD markup completed by Elizabeth Beckman in April 2015.

Arrangement:

The scrapbook is arranged chronologically from October 18 to November 4, 1958.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard